Personal Financial Advisors in Kentucky earn a median of $67,150 a year (36% below the U.S. median of $105,070), based on about 2,040 jobs. Pay for the same job differs a lot by employer, experience, industry and city within Kentucky. These are wages of employees in the occupation, not a forecast for any individual.

Median annual pay

$67,150

36% below the U.S. median of $105,070

Average annual pay

$124,320

Mean wage

Pay range

$43,880–$281,230

10th to 90th percentile

Jobs in the state

2,040

Employees, May 2025

Median hourly pay

$32.29

Before taxes

The state's price level is 90.2 (U.S. average = 100), so a median of $67,150 here equals roughly $74,446 after adjusting for the state's price level.

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Fields of study linked to this career by the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk (U.S. Department of Education, NCES, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics; a classification crosswalk, and many workers entered by other routes): Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies · Finance and Financial Management Services

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, state estimates (employees only; self-employed workers are not included); price-level adjustment uses the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (where 100 is the U.S. average; MajorPays' calculation). Wages are for an occupation in a state as a whole and vary widely by employer, experience, industry and place within the state. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed this presentation. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.